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Citizen Sales Tax Oversight Committee

 

Minutes

Thursday, November 12, 2009

7:00 p.m.

Administration Conference Room

2nd Floor (Main Floor)

City Hall

101 E. Kansas Street

 

Chairman William C. Walker presided.

 

Present:  Chairman William C. Walker, Vice-Chairman Jim Gleason, Patrice Clark, Dennis Davidson, Michael Hagan, Richard Lehmann, Blake Thomas, Larry Wepler, City Council Member Fred Foster, Assistant City Administrator Dan Estes, Fire Chief Gary Birch, Deputy Fire Chief Mike Snider, Parks & Recreation Director Dennis Dovel, Assistant Parks Director Anna Slocum, Community Center Manager Donna Kay Taylor, Sports Complex Manager B.J. Staab and Assistant to the City Administrator Shawnna Funderburk.

 

Absent:  Don Smith

 

I.                     Call to Order  6:58 p.m.

 

II.                   Approve Minutes for October 8, 2009.

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Gleason, seconded by Hagan. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None.  Abstain:  Lehmann and Thomas.

 

III.                  Discussion/Staff Presentation - Park Sales Tax Fund - 2009 Capital Purchases - total amount of $110,393 - three Kubota ZD326 Zero Turn Mowers; one Carryall 295 Utility Vehicle for Fountain Bluff Sports Complex; four Samsung ER390M cash registers; one Toro3040 Hydraulic Infield Drag; locks and hardware for six buildings located at Fountain Bluff Sports Complex; portable fencing for Fountain Bluff Sports Complex; one Land Pride AFM 4216 Batwing Mower; one smith machine (multi-purpose weight machine); and theater curtains - Parks & Recreation - determine voter intent.

 

Parks & Recreation Director Dennis Dovel presented the Park's 2009 capital purchases item. 

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Wepler, seconded by Hagan. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Lehmann, Thomas, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None. 

 

IV.               Discussion/Staff Presentation - 2010 Park Sales Tax Fund Budget.

 

Assistant City Administrator Dan Estes presented the 2010 Park Sales Tax Fund budget.  Mr. Estes discussed the revenues, expenditures and a fiscal recap.  For the 2010 budget year, revenues and expenditures for this fund are $697,294 and $649,000 respectively.  The ending fund balance projected for 2010 is $114,522.

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Hagan, seconded by Gleason. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Lehmann, Thomas, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None.

 

V.                 Discussion/Staff Presentation - 2010 Fire Sales Tax Fund Budget.

 

Assistant City Administrator Dan Estes presented the 2010 Fire Sales Tax Fund budget.  Mr. Estes discussed the revenues, expenditures and a fiscal recap.  For the 2010 budget year, revenues and expenditures for this fund are $697,294 and $805,000 respectively.  The ending fund balance projected for 2010 is $9,716.

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Hagan, seconded by Gleason. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Lehmann, Thomas, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None.

 

VI.               Discussion/Staff Presentation - 2010 Capital Sales Tax Fund Budget.

 

Assistant City Administrator Dan Estes presented the 2010 Capital Sales Tax Fund budget.  Mr. Estes discussed the revenues, expenditures and a fiscal recap.  For the 2010 budget year, revenues and expenditures for this fund are $2,889,373 and $1,857,042 respectively. The ending fund balance projected for 2010 is $4,117,716.

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Hagan, seconded by Gleason. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Lehmann, Thomas, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None.

 

VII.              Discussion/Staff Presentation - 2010 Transportation Sales Tax Fund Budget.

 

Assistant City Administrator Dan Estes presented the 2010 Transportation Sales Tax Fund budget.  Mr. Estes discussed the revenues, expenditures and a fiscal recap.  For the 2010 budget year, revenues and expenditures for this fund are $1,846,403 and $1,909,416 respectively.  The ending fund balance projected for 2010 is $3.

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Hagan, seconded by Gleason. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Lehmann, Thomas, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None.

VIII.            Discussion - Committee Chairperson Election process.

 

Mr. Blake Thomas and Mr. Larry Wepler proposed that the Committee Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson positions be turned over every year in January at the first Committee meeting. They proposed the Vice-Chairperson should automatically proceed to the Chairperson position (unless that individual cannot serve due to Committee tenure restrictions).  Once a Vice-Chairperson moves to Chairperson then a new Vice-Chairperson will be elected by the Committee.  Mr. Blake and Mr. Wepler agreed to bring a final document back to the Committee for approval at the December meeting.

 

APPROVED.  Moved by Lehmann, seconded by Davidson. Ayes:  Clark, Davidson, Gleason, Hagan, Lehmann, Thomas, Walker and Wepler.  Nays:  None.

 

IX.               Any other business that may come before the Committee.

 

X.                 Comments by the Committee Members.

 

XI.               Discussion - Next Meeting and Agenda Items.

 

Adjournment   8:20 p.m.

 

APPROVED by the Committee and signed by the Chairman of the Citizen Sales Tax Oversight Committee this ____________ day of ______________, 2009.

 

                                                                                    __________________________

                                                                                    William C. Walker, Chairman

 

 

ATTEST:

 

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Dan Estes, Assistant City Administrator